Month: December 2017

From farmers’ markets to breweries, from cooperatives to events, from cafe openings and cafe expansions, Tiny was all over in 2017. The year has flown by but we have a lot to be thankful for when it comes to our partners and you, our customers. Here are just a few of our favorite parts of the year:

We’re proud to say that we’ve been a part of some great community supported restaurant openings this year. Last spring, J. Selby’s opened with a bang in St. Paul– receiving such an onslaught of excitement for vegan eats that they had to close and reopen with all hands on deck. This winter, we also saw the opening of another one of our accounts, Rebel Donut Bar (also known as Sleepy V’s) in Northeast, pairing truly delicious donuts with our coffee. This Winter, Lucky Oven Bakery opened in South Minneapolis, and if you’re headed west, be sure to visit Ruby’s Roost in their new location, and Crazi Too. You can also find Tiny Footprint at the Wirth Cooperative, which opened this fall, and Mon Petit Cheri in the Seward neighborhood.

This year, we also expanded our presence at the Minneapolis Farmers Market with a full-on outdoor coffee bar. Serving coffee, espresso, and specialty drinks along with Nitro Cold Brew and Kombucha– we had the works. Though the chilly 5 a.m. mornings and the sweltering 12 o’clock summer sun presented some challenges, it was fun to serve Tiny Footprint in a cafe atmosphere all our own.

Down in the southern hemisphere, our friends and partners at the Mindo Cloudforest Foundation worked all year to continue reforesting various reserve sites. This year, they planted over 5,000 native tree species as part of “Treecological,” a program with the organization BOS+. They also hosted many visiting scientists and furthered their research on the golden-winged manakin, one of the many bird species living within the Milpe reserves, where they have reforested.